Deprivation
The latest Pobal Deprivation Index 12 which uses some key metrics from the 2022 Census to assess the extent of deprivation across the State, suggests that Cork City 13 is marginally above the national average in terms of deprivation.
There are 89 EDs recorded in the Pobal Index. Of these, 13% are considered disadvantaged and 5% very disadvantaged
while 8% are considered affluent. The 4 EDs considered as ‘very disadvantaged’ are Fair Hill B, Farranferris B,
Knocknaheeny
and Mayfield.
Very disadvantaged …
Affluent 8%
Disadvantaged 13%
Ten of Cork
Marginally below average 19%
City’s Electoral
Districts rank in
the Top 100
most deprived
Marginally above average 55%
EDs in Ireland,
Knocknaheeny
13 th
ranks
across all EDs followed by Farranferris B, Fair Hill B and Mayfield. Most of those are in the Northwest of the City.
12 https://data.pobal.ie/portal/apps/sites/#/pobal-maps
13 Using "old" local authorities from CSO Census period
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